headband, chores, lunch, bucket

It was warm yesterday. Finally. When Carl is away I have to do his chores.  It's hard for me to find the time to exercise when he's gone, so I didn't mind doing a little mowing and vacuuming. Besides, I got some sun.

Most meals are made in an assembly line around here. Seeing all those lunch plates lined up makes me smile. Especially when they come back to me empty.

We've spent a couple days getting our Summer Bucket List together.  We've done this before and it just helps us feel as though we're celebrating the summer versus just letting it slip by. There are tons of ideas out there, just google it or use pinterest. 

The kids had some input on ours. Their suggestions were refreshingly simple. Laurel wanted to "watch clouds.' I can do that. 

Our foam strips are color coded. Green for all day trips, blue for projects, orange for baking, etc. The girls take turns pulling one out each morning AFTER their morning routines and chores are finished (I'm going to ask Carl to spruce up the look of our morning routine/chore charts. Maybe I'll have a free download for you soon!?) 

I snuck one in just for good measure.